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UNDESERT Plan Vivo Carbon Stocking

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Reporting Entity: European Union

Clarify if the technology described in the template, or a part of it, is covered by property rights: No

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General Information

General Information

Title of best practice:

UNDESERT Plan Vivo Carbon Stocking

Reporting Entity:

European Union

Property Rights

Clarify if the technology described in the template, or a part of it, is covered by property rights:

No

Specifications

Section 1. Context of the best practice: frame conditions (natural and human environment)

Short description of the best practice

The Plan Vivo System provides a proven institutional framework for a properly financed and structured approach to supporting local communities and smallholders to cultivate, manage and protect trees. It facilitates the planning, management and monitoring of project activities and CO2 benefits generated by projects. The system incorporates a set of standards and good practice guidelines, administrative processes, tools and technical models.|

Location

Mid west Senegal, just north of the Gambia. For further information see the attached file and the maps on it.|

Section 2. Problems addressed (direct and indirect causes) and objectives of the best practice

Main problems addressed by the best practice

1.Poverty reduction, social resilience and ability to adapt to climate change and changes in natural
resources.
2.More economically productive and ecologically resilient agroecosystems.
3.Reduced risk of damage from drought, pests and diseases
4.Reduced exposure to fluctuations in the prices of tree products and fruits.|

Specify the objectives of the best practice

The aim is to get a certification for CO2 trading through the Plan Vivo system in the a
restoration site in Senegal, Patako Forest, as the first site in West Africa. And thereby provide
an example.|

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